“Remember exactly who owns you now. You’re not under the illusion that you’re royalty anymore, are you?”
Siena, the last princess of the royal family and a saint, is spared execution on the condition that she marries Reinhardt, the military commander who overthrew the monarchy.
“Pray to your god to let you bear a child. That’s the only way you’ll live.”
But if she cannot conceive, will he kill her?
But what can she do? She is already dying.
—
When Reinhardt finally realizes Siena’s secret, his face turns deathly pale.
“You think you can just disappear into death, leaving me in this ruined state?”
“Can’t you just let me go?”
Thinking that if she were caught, it would truly be the end, she pulls out a revolver.
But her husband’s obsession is far beyond anything she could have imagined.
“You know how to shoot, don’t you?”
Instead of fear, he smiles, almost looking pleased, and points to his left chest.
“Either shoot me and run…”
His bright smile is sweet, like a temptation towards ruin.
“Or get caught by me again.”
